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<blockquote data-quote="AdamJames" data-source="post: 1663334" data-attributes="member: 459333"><p>Each individual measurement you take with your meter will be subject to an inaccuracy such that if you connect the dots directly on the graph, you are unlikely to get the true curve.</p><p></p><p>E.g. on the up-slope, if you get unlucky, you may see something like:</p><p></p><p>(Edit: spaces are lost when posting! I've had to use underscores to move the points to the right, ignore underscores!)</p><p></p><p>___________________*</p><p>_____________*</p><p>_________*</p><p>____*</p><p>______*</p><p>__*</p><p>**</p><p></p><p></p><p>But you can be sure that's not what's happening for real, so you can draw a line through the noise to be more like:</p><p></p><p>___________________*</p><p>_____________*</p><p>_________*</p><p>_____*</p><p>__*</p><p>*</p><p></p><p></p><p>There will be enough samples to average out any inaccuracy.</p><p></p><p>My guess is you can be sure that the shape of your 'cleaned up' curve will be accurate, then it's just a case that the whole graph may be slightly higher or lower than reality, but very informative either way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AdamJames, post: 1663334, member: 459333"] Each individual measurement you take with your meter will be subject to an inaccuracy such that if you connect the dots directly on the graph, you are unlikely to get the true curve. E.g. on the up-slope, if you get unlucky, you may see something like: (Edit: spaces are lost when posting! I've had to use underscores to move the points to the right, ignore underscores!) ___________________* _____________* _________* ____* ______* __* ** But you can be sure that's not what's happening for real, so you can draw a line through the noise to be more like: ___________________* _____________* _________* _____* __* * There will be enough samples to average out any inaccuracy. My guess is you can be sure that the shape of your 'cleaned up' curve will be accurate, then it's just a case that the whole graph may be slightly higher or lower than reality, but very informative either way. [/QUOTE]
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